Window-sign



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` B. KERR.

WINDOW SIGN.

Patented May 4, 1886.`

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JAMES B. KERR, OF FLNT, MICHIGAN.

WlNDOW-SEGN.

forming part of Letters Patent No. 341249, dated May 4, 1886.

Application filed September 16, 1895. Serial No. 1775206. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it" may concert:

Be it known that I, JAMES B. KERR, of

Flint, in the County of Genesee and State of Michigan, have invcntcd newand useful Improvencnts in Window-Signs; and I (lo hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereol",reference being had to the acconpanying drawing, which forms a part ofthis speeifieation. This invention relates to certain new and novelinprovenents in window-signs; and the invention consists in the pecnliarConstruction and arrangenent of the parts,whereby the sign is renovablysecured in the window and adapted to be swung open or away froni thewindow, all as more fully hereinnfter set forth.

Window signs, as usually applied, are either painted upon the glzss orso czlled enaneled letters are eernented thereto. In these cases frost,sweet of window, and waslr ing causes the letters to break or wenr off,as they cannot be removed.

lt is the object of my invention to provide a means for securing a signin a window, whereby such sign can be removed when it is desired toclean the window.

In theacconpanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, myimproved de Vice is shown in elevation.

A represents a suitable frzune, made in any desired design, to which theletters of the sign are soldered or otherwise rigidl y seen red. At eachend of the frane A, and rigidly secured to it, are the plates a, which:tre made in the form of the female portion of hinge, which :tredesigned to engztge with the male portions I of a hinge Secured to thewindow sash or frane, the parts being secured together by removeblepintles c.

It will readily be seen that by removing one of the `pintles the signcnn easily be swtng back away fron the glass, so that it can be cleencd,and, the sign not coming in contact with the glass, the letters eeneasily be kept bright and clean, and the sign can readily be moved uponehangingplace of business.

I ani aware thot street lamps have been provided with hinged framescarrying the letters denoting the street, and meke no claim to such,broadly.

That I claim as myinvention is- The eonbinntion, with the frame A, uponwhich the letters are r'`gidly Secured, and the plates a, Secured to theends of said frane, oi the male portion I of the hinges and therenovable pintles c, all substantially as herein shown and described,and 'for the purpose specified.

JAMES B. KERR. lVitn esses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, E. SCULLY.

